34-year-old Vanessa, who’s half English and half Mexican though currently resides in the UK, was inspired to create the look after attending a last-minute Halloween party at a club in London back in October 2015.

Vanessa told Metro.co.uk: ‘I didn’t have a costume ready so I painted half of a skull on my face. I was approached and photographed non-stop throughout the evening. This coincided with opening an account on Instagram, @the_wigs_and_makeup_manager and I noticed that the successful makeup accounts specialised in either a particular style or subject, so I chose skulls, which also worked as my heritage is Mexican and English.

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‘I was approached and photographed non-stop throughout the evening. This coincided with opening an account on Instagram, @the_wigs_and_makeup_manager and I noticed that the successful makeup accounts specialised in either a particular style or subject, so I chose skulls, which also worked as my heritage is Mexican and English.

‘I am fascinated how skulls are portrayed in fashion, art and tattoo art, particularly by Alexander McQueen and Damien Hurst.’

The skull look, which features an array of colours using a variety of different eyeshadows and contour palettes, including NYX Ultimate Eyeshadow Palette, took Vanessa just one hour to create – which is astonishing considering the fine detail put into her work.

Vanessa’s Instagram account, which is currently followed by 229,000 people, also features a number of other skull-themed looks which are all created using different lines of makeup in different colours.